Posts Tagged ‘educators’
CTC’s Student Spotlight: Shannon Martensen, Kirkwood Community College
As a part of the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) featured blog and videos, we would like to introduce IT students attending our Convergence College Network (CCN) schools. The CCN is a select cohort of community colleges and universities from across the country that connects IT educators with a wealth of resources to enhance their…
Read MoreCTC’s Student Spotlight: Amy Tong, Collin College of Frisco, TX
As a part of the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) featured blog and videos, we would like to introduce IT students attending our Convergence College Network (CCN) schools. The CCN is a select cohort of community colleges and universities from across the country that connects IT educators with a wealth of resources to enhance their…
Read MoreTen Industry Perspectives from IT Employers
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) recently convened its Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) for the annual vote and discussion of entry-level KSAs (knowledge, skills, and abilities). Regular blog readers know well that the CTC believes that this annual vote is essential to keeping curriculum aligned with evolving workforce needs. If you’re not familiar…
Read MoreStrategies and Tools for Successful Online Teaching
The National Convergence Technology Center’s (CTC) recently hosted its second “Brown Bag” webinar of the spring. First launched in 2020, this series offers special topic presentations via bite-sized, 30-minute segments on both technical and employability topics. To date, these webinars have been attended “live” by over 300 people with another 800 views of the recordings…
Read MoreCTC’s Student Spotlight: David Rowe, University of North Texas
As a part of the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) featured blog and videos, we would like to introduce IT students attending our Convergence College Network (CCN) schools. The CCN is a select cohort of community colleges and universities from across the country that connects IT educators with a wealth of resources to enhance their…
Read More2021’s National Visiting Committee Report Completed — On to 2022
Two weeks ago, the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) hosted its annual grant review panel, the National Visiting Committee (NVC), online and in person. Convening an NVC is a requirement of any National Science Foundation grant to ensure that grant goals are being fulfilled. The committee consists of subject matter experts in education, IT business,…
Read MoreIT Faculty Question of the Day: Q5
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Are You and Your Students Ready for the 21st Century?
The National Convergence Technology Center’s (CTC) “Brown Bag” webinar series that offers special topic presentations via bite-sized, 30-minute segments continues this spring. These half-hour presentations – first launched in fall 2020 – offer IT educators expert perspectives on unique technical and employability topics. Faithful blog readers know this series was inspired by a request from…
Read MoreIT Faculty Question of the Day
This week, the National CTC is featuring question number three of the “IT Faculty Question of the Day” series which consist of six videos from four Convergence College Network (CCN) faculty members. This week’s question is “IT is always changing – how do you keep up with the ongoing evolution of IT?” Listen to CCN…
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